I too would like to present two notices of motion. You will shortly receive my notices of motion in both official languages. Madam Clerk has already received them.
My first notice of motion is very similar to one of the motions that Ms. Lattanzio read:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study on the measures the Government of Canada can take, as stated in the Speech from the Throne, to fulfil its responsibility to protect and promote French not only outside Quebec, but also within Quebec, and that the testimony and documents obtained by the committee during the 2nd session of the 43rd Parliament regarding the study be considered by the committee during the current session, and that the committee resume the witness schedule set out in the original work plan; and that, as part of this study, the committee: (a) Draw an objective and detailed picture of the situation of the English and French languages in Quebec, as well as the francophone and Acadian communities, based on the main linguistic indicators, including French as a mother tongue, main language spoken at home, language substitutions, main language of work, etc.; (b) Evaluate the effectiveness of the government's language policies, and the current role of provincial and federal legislation in protecting and promoting the French language, as well as the impact of these policies on provincial legislative measures to protect and promote the French language (in particular the Charter of the French Language in Quebec); (c) Evaluate possible amendments to the Official Languages Act to align the government's will to protect the French language with provincial legislation; That, in order to conduct this study, the committee allocate a minimum of three (3) meetings and that these be completed no later than June 1, 2022; that the committee report on its findings and recommendations to the House; and that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response.
In fact, we had already started this study during the last session. There were two and a half meetings left to devote to this study. So it would be a matter of resuming this study according to the timetable that was already planned, in order to respect the balance with regard to the different witnesses proposed.
The second motion of which I give notice is to resume a study that had been started following a motion proposed by Mr. Boulerice:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2),the committee undertake a study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to administer federal funds and the positive measures taken by federal institutions regarding post-secondary education for official language minority communities; That, as part of this study, the committee compare federal funding for English and French post-secondary minority institutions, as well as federal funding for French post-secondary teaching institutions in Quebec; that the committee allocate a minimum of two (2) meetings for this purpose; That the testimony and documents obtained by the committee during the 2nd session of the 43rd Parliament concerning the study be considered by the committee during the current session; That the committee report on its observations and conclusions to the House; and that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response.